Always thought Katie Couric was overrated. Like a lot of people in the media, she did not do her homework about transgender people and sought to sensationalize the opportunity. I’m proud of Laverne and Carmen for taking a stand.

I hope the “line in the sand” also marks that maybe a lot of newly transitioned women may want to reconsider going on talk shows and freely providing every detail about things a lot of us would never consider sharing. (Yes they have a right, but I don’t think most understand the long term consiqueices.)

I loved the way these two women took control of their own story – their own sense of self and their own bodies to say: “I don’t exist for your entertainment.”